Insurance Law in a Nutshell

Insurance Law in a Nutshell provides a comprehensive overview of insurance law, covering various lines of insurance and topics such as policy interpretation, coverage, claims handling, bad faith, and more. It also includes new sections on natural catastrophe losses and business interruption insurance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 568 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2022
Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Insurance Law in a Nutshell is a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the core principles of insurance law. It encompasses a wide range of insurance lines, including Auto, Commercial General Liability, Health, Life, Property, Cyber, Directors and Officers Liability (D&O), Errors and Omissions (E&O or Professional Liability), Employers Liability (EPL), and Flood. Additionally, it delves into topics such as the interpretation of insurance policies, coverage for intentional torts, insurable interest, claims submission and handling, duty to defend and settle, insurer bad faith, insurer defenses, loss valuation, guaranty funds, surplus line insurers, regulation of insurers, reinsurance, risk transfer, subrogation, surety bonds, and waiver and estoppel. This revised edition also includes new sections that discuss insurance for natural catastrophe losses and business interruption insurance, particularly focusing on the COVID-19 business interruption coverage litigation. Furthermore, it expands upon the discussion of claims-made insurance, which has emerged as the dominant form of liability insurance for newer lines of coverage.

Insurance Law in a Nutshell is a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the core principles of insurance law. It encompasses a wide range of insurance lines, including Auto, Commercial General Liability, Health, Life, Property, Cyber, Directors and Officers Liability (D&O), Errors and Omissions (E&O or Professional Liability), Employers Liability (EPL), and Flood. Additionally, it delves into topics such as the interpretation of insurance policies, coverage for intentional torts, insurable interest, claims submission and handling, duty to defend and settle, insurer bad faith, insurer defenses, loss valuation, guaranty funds, surplus line insurers, regulation of insurers, reinsurance, risk transfer, subrogation, surety bonds, and waiver and estoppel. This revised edition also includes new sections that discuss insurance for natural catastrophe losses and business interruption insurance, particularly focusing on the COVID-19 business interruption coverage litigation. Furthermore, it expands upon the discussion of claims-made insurance, which has emerged as the dominant form of liability insurance for newer lines of coverage.

Weight: 460g
Dimension: 125 x 187 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781636595047
Edition number: 6 Revised edition